Definition of flatter

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Flatter (n.) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc..

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Adulatory :: Adulatory (a.) Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address..
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery..
Fawn :: Fawn (n.) A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery..
Cajole :: Cajole (v. i.) To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
Cajoler :: Cajoler (n.) A flatterer; a wheedler.
Wheedle :: Wheedle (v. t.) To grain, or get away, by flattery..
Bunkum :: Bunkum (n.) Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show..
Assentator :: Assentator (n.) An obsequious; a flatterer.
Clawback :: Clawback (v. t.) To flatter.
Blarney :: Blarney (n.) Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery..
Forsake :: Forsake (v. t.) To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity..
Fulsome :: Fulsome (a.) Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery..
Losing :: Losing (a.) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
Allure :: Allure (v. t.) To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract..
Cajolery :: Cajolery (n.) A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.
Parasite :: Parasite (n.) One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant..
Compliment :: Compliment (n.) An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend..
Supparasite :: Supparasitation (n.) The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation.
Flatter :: Flatter (n.) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc..
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